On December 15, Beijing time, The Japanese table tennis side announced an important decision. The Japan Table Tennis Association plans to hold the Japan National Championships from January 24 to 30, 2022. This Japanese championship, set up men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, mixed doubles, youth group men's and women's singles, a total of 7 events, up to 972 people participated. It can be seen that the Japanese championship is comparable to the scale of the National Table Tennis And Table Tennis National Games.
It is worth mentioning that Japan's famous Ito Mimachi finally stopped abandoning the competition, and Ito chose to participate, and is the number one seed player in the women's singles. In addition, Japan's famous Players Yoshinori Ishikawa, Hina Hayata, Miyu Hirano, Anda Saji Shibata and other famous players all participated, and the scale of this Japanese championship is very large. Zhang Benmeihe, who just won the World Youth Championships, also chose to participate.
In the just-concluded World Youth Championships, Japanese players won 7 championships, and Zhang Benzhihe's sister won 4 championships, which can be described as the biggest winner. In the just-concluded World Youth Championships, Kihara Miyu successfully defeated the national table tennis player Wu Yangchen, resulting in the national table tennis players not having the opportunity to win the women's singles championship and runner-up. However, in the women's singles final, Miyu Kihara lost to Kuman and won the runner-up of the World Youth Championship.
In the men's singles, Zhang Benzhi chose to compete, or the number one seed in the men's singles, in addition, Niwa Takashi, the defending champion and Kawasuki, Tokami Hayabusa, Yukiya Utada and others chose to participate. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Benzhihe is a triathlon in the Japanese championships, with men's doubles partner Masataka Morien and mixed doubles partner Hina Hayata. In the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Xina defeated Lin Gaoyuan Zhang An, and finally lost to Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha and won the second place.
In women's doubles, Ito Yoshimachi partnered Hina Hayata and Yoshinori Ishikawa continued to partner Miyu Hirano. Ito will attack 2 championships. In terms of mixed doubles, in addition to Zhang Benzhi and Hayata Hina, there is also the Combination of Kihara Miyo toukaue Hayabusa. It can be seen that this is the object of the Japanese Table Tennis Association's key training in the Paris Olympic cycle. It is worth mentioning that Olympic champion Hayabusa Mizutani is absent.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Ito lost to Sun Yingsha, and then lost to Wang Yidi in the World Table Tennis Championships. Since then, Ito has been absent from the Japanese league. In terms of national table tennis, the little devil Sun Yingsha recently said that she hopes to start from scratch, forget all the previous achievements, and focus on her goals. The new Olympic cycle has also begun, and Sun Yingsha and Ito Mimachi are both working their own, which is worth looking forward to.